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PhD student Katherine Selwood analysed population trends of native birds in the River Red Gum forests along parts of the Murray River before and after the big dry period between 1997 and 2010. During reduced rainfall, rivers and creeks are reduced to a trickle, crops fail, livestock perish and ...

The New Caledonian crow has been well known for its dextrous use of tools as it forages for food. Now another tropical corvid, the Hawaiian crow has demonstrated similar abilities. The Hawaiian crow became extinct in the wild in the early 2000s and currently survives only in captivity. But ...

Kate Buchanan and Mylene Mariette have studied incubation calling by the iconic Australian song bird, the zebra finch. Calls can be heard by the embryo in the last 5 days before hatching. Microphones placed in the nest revealed a special call only made when the temperature was 26 degrees or higher. ...

Attitudes to feeding birds vary from country to country. It is encouraged in US and UK. Less so in Australia. There is no doubt about the benefit for people. In dense residential areas feeding birds may be some peoples only direct connection with wildlife. But how does it impact on bird ecology and ...